A company has designed a material- and timesaving hot runner specifically for injection-molding deep-draw medical device components such as pipettes and syringe barrels. The technology enables parts ...

In high-volume injection molding, hot runner systems are the silent workhorses behind every shot. They govern how melt flows, how cavities fill, how much pressure is needed, and, ultimately, part ...

Cycle time is the primary cost measure of the molding process, and cooling represents about 80% of the molding cycle (see Figure 1). The thicker the part, the longer the cycle time. However, the ...

Hot runners are even being applied to micromolding. Runnerless system suppliers are coming up with long-wear systems for the cost-saving, runner-free molding of highly filled, high-temperature, ...

OFTERING, Austria—Elmet, a manufacturer of equipment for silicone and rubber parts, has released a new, all-electric cold runner for liquid silicone rubber injection molding. The Smartshot E cold ...

Friedrichshafen, Germany — Italy-based hot runner manufacturer HRSflow GmbH, a division of mold maker Inglass SpA, is touting the control capabilities of its FlexFlow system for injection molding ...